North Brooklyn Runners: A Community Running Group Serving Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bushwick, and Beyond!

The Minutes from our Town Hall Meeting

Hey All!
Sorry it’s taken me awhile to do this, I blame Thanksgivingitis.
The meeting went really well and we had a great turnout and a lot of great ideas and discussion.
There are a lot of awesome things in store for NBR and LOTS of things we could use help with, so please send your ideas, thoughts, or if there’s any help (big or small or teeny) you can offer. Please keep an eye out for the capitalized “NEED” notes.

Thanks!
Aja
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MINUTES: NBR Town Hall Meeting 11/23

1. NBR Events Now Through the End of the Year
- Races: 12/6 NYRR Joe K. 10K Club Points! Race is Full!
- Member Events: 12/7 – Winter Running Salon @ Anita’s, 12/14 Jack Rabbit Club Night 15% off, 6-8pm – Union Square Location
- Spring Track Meet Meeting: 12/13 @ 7pm
- Socials: 12/20 – NBR Holiday Brunch @ Lidie & Erich’s

2. Educational Member Events
For More Info and/or Ideas, contact Cherie
- On the horizon: Sports Massage Clinic, Intro to Ultras/Adventure Races, Injury Prevention Clinic, Recovery Salon/Discussion, Sports Nutrition
- NEED: local (free) spaces to host events

3. Social Member Events
For more info and/or ideas, contact Lidie
- NEED Chairs for Holiday Brunch – who can bring some?
- NBR Prom: 1/30/10 – Need “Prom Committee” – email Lidie if you’re interested
- NEED: venue, award ideas, DJ

4. NBR Gear
- Next t-shirt order in January.
- Cafe Press Shop up soon
- JP researching winter gear options
- NEED: Someone to co-head NBR “Gear Department” w/Helen
- email Aja with ideas, etc.

5. NBR Group Runs
- Randy will begin a monthly or bi-monthly series of Beginner’s clinics in 2010
- Wednesday night beginner’s run absorbed into Road Run with several pace groups and a shorter run option available
- Possibly doing a beginner’s intro to Speedwork 15 minutes before 7:30pm Thursday workouts with a discussion on what speedwork is and a head start on the workout
- Cherie may lead occasional out-of-city trail runs
- NEED: 1 or 2 people to lead Tuesday 7:15AM road runs – email Sherry
- NEED: Coaches, people interested in helping/co-leading: Marathon Training, Beginner’s Runners Clinics – email Randy
- NEED: Co-leaders for shorter Wednesday PM runs, and longer PM runs at 8-10min/mi pace groups – email Matt

6. 2010 Race Schedule
- NBR’s targeted races for 2010 = All NYRR club points races, Brooklyn Half, and Brooklyn Cup races
- NYC Half moved to March 21, lottery  application begins 12/1.
-  Use the spreadsheet to let us know what races you’re doing
- We have 5-6 NBRs running Boston, and an ever-growing contingent of marathoners for NJ Marathon in May
- Brooklyn Cup 2010: A new program spearheaded by Sherry in cooperation with the Prospect Park Track Club to get our clubs to run in Brooklyn-based races throughout the year– at the end of the year points will be awarded for club participation and other points for speed– indviduals and clubs get prizes. Trying to get other Brooklyn or large running groups to participate. NEED to gather prizes from local businesses. Email Sherry with any ideas.

7. The McCarren Park Track Classic – 4/24/10
- NBR’s first super-big event! A community event to benefit the Park.
- We’re in the process of gathering sponsors, finalizing our budget, and permit paperwork.
- Next Planning meeting: Sunday, 11/13 – 7pm
- FYI: Marketing Team = Procuring Sponsors, Money, Website, Registration, Advertising; Operations Team = Day-of, Equipment, Set-up/break-down, Marshaling, race organization, etc.
- NEED: LOTS OF HELP! in Marketing/Sponsorship and Operations – email us.

8. Money Money Money
- Opting not to go officially non-profit at this time; NBR will continue to be fee-free
- Received a $500 donation to NBR, Cristina is applying for a $1500 grant
- Putting up a donation button on website by year’s end

9. NBR NEEDS…
Can you do any of these things to help out NBR? Email NBR, unless otherwise noted
- Website manager/synch: regularly update the events pages – Projected time commitment: 10 minutes/week
- NBR Gear Department Co-Head – Projected time commitment: 1-2 hours a week, when we have shirts in
- Track Meet Sponsorship Team and Operations Team - Projected time commitment: 2-3 hours/week, or less depending on your preferences
- NBR Prom Committee – Email Lidie
- Bloggers: Write blogs on the .org site! Anyone can do this! Email for the login info.
- Twitter Brigade: We need more people to Twitter on NBR’s acct.! Anyone can do this! Email for the login info.
- Google Calendar Manager: add any NBR events posted on FB or Google Group to our Google Calendar – Projected time commitment: 10 minutes/wk. Email for the login info.
- Graphic Designers: support for track meet, ongoing projects
- Flyer Brigade: Flyering on a regular (monthly) basis – Projected time commitment: 1 hour/month
- Ideas for spaces to have events: clinics, meetings, salons, etc.

10. Group Volunteering Initiative
In keeping with NBR as a group who is making a positive difference in our community, in 2010 NBR will have bi-monthly volunteering opportunities partnering with and/or to benefit: Northside Town Hall, Open Space Alliance, NB Compost Project, park cleanups, Greenpoint Soup Kitchen, etc. Ideas welcomed!

11. Website
- The new website is generally well-liked and Google Group well used.
- Working on expanding run descriptions with pace info, etc.
- Adding glossary of common running terms and what different workouts benefit/do
- NEED: someone to create said glossary
- Change name of  “Speed Work” to “Track Work”?
- Possibly adding a simple calculator to determine pacing for workouts.

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